Buffalo shows off mini 300GB external drives

Not wanting to leave traditionalists in the cold after making its 56GB SSD offering, Buffalo has introduced a "shock-resistant" 300GB, external USB drive for neo-luddites. The skinny little number likely houses one of Fujitsu's new-ish 300GB 2.5-inchers, as the drive manufacturer is pretty much the only name in the game for that capacity. The portable drives come in black for your Cradle of Filth album collection, or white for your DC Talk FLACs. Available next month in Japan for ¥38,000, or around $315.

[Via Akihabara News]

[Totalfixation @ Jul 26th 2007 8:03AM]

if its self powered and only from one usb port, like the WD passport. I'm on it.

[Totalfixation @ Jul 26th 2007 8:05AM]

oh nm, I forgot WD has 250GB for $200, I think its not worth it to pay that extra money for 50 more gigs.

[Vinay @ Jul 26th 2007 8:14AM]

None of these drives work too well, when powered by the USB hub alone. Perform large file(about 600 MB sized files) transfers, and you'll start seeing 'Write Delay Failure' errors frequently.

Attach a power supply, and poof, the write delay errors are history.

[Totalfixation @ Jul 26th 2007 8:18AM]

Not true, i have the WD passport 250GB and it works perfectly. I just got it recently that i barely remember i had it. I copied massive amounts of files on it so far without any problems.

[scott @ Jul 26th 2007 9:24AM]

Depends on what USB port it's in actually, Desktops are much more liberal with current than laptops, therefore those errors you mentioned are likely happening on a middle to smallish laptop.

There are cables available for these that have dual USB on one end to double dip power in those tight situations where there just isn't enough, it's not a necessity all of the time, but great in a pinch.

[humpty @ Jul 26th 2007 8:09AM]

Ooooh.. this is the type of capacity i can get into.. esp. once my PS3 hdd starts filling up.

[BW @ Jul 26th 2007 8:21AM]

Very sleek looking and unobtrusive; nice

[Jerry @ Jul 26th 2007 8:35AM]

Bleh, give me a 300GB thumb drive and I'll have something to get excited about.

[scott @ Jul 26th 2007 9:25AM]

Um... This might as well be what you're looking for, bus-powered and reasonably sized.

You're gonna be waiting a while.

[Jerry @ Jul 26th 2007 9:30AM]

Then I'll just wait, cuz reasonably sized for me is micro :-) I'm not one to "settle" for anything, so I'll stick with my 16gb thumbdrive till larger ones are ready, I can't justify carrying around my smart phone and a larger hard drive in my pockets.. to much bulk there.

[sirmasterboy @ Jul 26th 2007 10:12AM]

They already make 64GB thumb drives...

http://www.buslinkbuy.com/products.asp?sku=BDP2%2D64G%2DU2

[Jerry @ Jul 26th 2007 10:15AM]

Man that's not even fair... you got me all excited...until I saw that price tag.. ouch, talk about spendy

[jpaschall @ Jul 26th 2007 8:54AM]

Nice to see a dc Talk reference, but wouldn't a reference to Toby Mac's Portable Sounds be better?!

[HUKI365 @ Jul 26th 2007 9:11AM]

What's the profile of that drive? 10mm or 12.5mm like the Samsung? I want one for my Macbook!

[Kris Burbidge @ Jul 26th 2007 9:12AM]

cradle of filth rules!!!

[Carlton @ Jul 26th 2007 10:46AM]

Agreed! \,,/

[Ronnie Segev @ Jul 26th 2007 8:11PM]

Elegant, really. It seems worth the $315 for the compact design, even. I've been looking for something with that much storage that fits in to my laptop sleeve.
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Ronnie Segev

[Kurt @ Jul 27th 2007 11:35AM]

I'm down with the DC talk...